The journal of a disappointed man ; and, A last diary / W.N.P. Barbellion ; with an introduction by H.G. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbellion, W. N. P., 1889-1919, author.

Series:

Penguin classics

Penguin Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barbellion, W. N. P., 1889-1919--Diaries.

Barbellion, W. N. P.

Barbellion, W. N. P., 1889-1919.

Authors, English--20th century--Diaries.

Authors, English.

Multiple sclerosis--Patients.

Multiple sclerosis.

Naturalists.

Great Britain.

Naturalists--Great Britain--Diaries.

Multiple sclerosis--Patients--Diaries.

Genre:

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

394 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Penguin Classics, 2017.

Summary:

"The young naturalist W. N. P. Barbellion described this remarkably candid record of living with multiple sclerosis as 'a study in the nude'. It begins as an ambitious teenager's notes on the natural world, and then, following his diagnosis at the age of twenty-six, transforms into a deeply moving account of battling the disease. His prose is full of humour and fierce intelligence, and combines a passion for life with clear-sighted reflections on the nature of death. Barbellion selected and edited this manuscript himself in 1917, adding a fictional editor's note announcing his own demise. This Penguin Classics edition includes 'The Last Diary', which covers the period between submission of the manuscript and Barbellion's actual death in 1919."--Back of cover.

Contents:

The journal of a disappointed man

A last diary.

Notes:

"The journal of a disappointed man first published in 1919. A last diart published in 1920" -- Title page verso.

ISBN:

9780241297698

0241297699

OCLC:

1013920830